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Andrew William Alm
Arcata, California, U.S.A +01.707.822.7947
andy@almlet.net

Professional Experience:

5/00 to present Freelance consulting for non-profit organizations using the Internet.
1/91 to 5/00 Senior Technical Consultant, Education, Outreach and Consulting Coordinator, Institute for Global Communications (IGC). Telecommunication system consulting, training, program support, planning, project management, website building and graphic design for non-profit organizations using the Internet.
3/94 to 4/98 Telecommunications Coordinator, Global Rivers Environmental Education Network. Development of online computer network services for community watershed education programs in North America and internationally.
10/83 to 3/94 ECONEWS and computer systems coordinator, Northcoast Environmental Center. Managed newsletter production, advertising, volunteers, training, and direct mail; wrote and edited news stories on toxic pollution, forest practices and other environmental topics.
7/90 to 12/91 Organic farm inspector, California Certified Organic Farmers.
12/82 to 10/83 Natural resources and government reporter, Times-Standard newspaper (daily), Eureka, Calif.
9/81 to 9/82 Staff writer, University of Wisconsin-Extension Press Service.
9/80 to 7/81 ECONEWS Coordinator, Northcoast Environmental Center.
9/79 to 9/80 Technical writer/editor, Systems Consultants, Inc. Produced training and procedures manuals for U.S. Navy computer systems.
6/79 to 9/79 Sports editor/reporter/photographer, Del Norte Triplicate newspaper (weekly).
1/79 to 6/79 Humboldt State University Computer Center newsletter editor.
1/77 to 12/78 Editor, managing editor, news editor and reporter, The Lumberjack, Humboldt State University.

 

Expertise:

Internet publishing and system operation: web, mail and news servers (HTTP, POP/SMTP, NNTP); TCP/IP networking; and a variety of application programs.
Experienced with web database publishing (FileMaker, Lasso, Cold Fusion, PHP/MySQL).
Familiar with common operating systems (UNIX, Windows, Macintosh)
Developed and implemented training programs for web publishing, telecommunications and a variety of desktop productivity, publishing and graphic arts software and systems (PC and Mac).
Familiar with computerized accounting systems.
Experienced in systems analysis including project management, telecommunications planning, computer hardware and software cost/performance, systems organization and training.
Excellent writing, editing, interviewing and public speaking skills.

Education:

Master of Science (Agricultural Journalism-Environmental Communication), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1982.
Bachelor of Arts (Journalism), Humboldt State University, 1979.
Lowell High School, San Francisco, Calif., class of '73.

References:

Available upon request.

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Andy Alm - andy@almlet.net

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